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Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.
About 128 South Africans who contracted COVID-19 are in intensive care units, 842 in hospitals, and 429 have died, President Cyril Ramaphosa updated the nation during a major broadcast on Sunday.